Clip for drop-light wires



(No Model.)

0. 'SOHUBTZ. CLIP FOR DROP LIGHT WIRES.

No. 601,860. Patented Apr. 5,1898;

ATENT Enron.

, CHARLES SGHUETZ, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CLIP FOR DROP-LIGHT WIRE/S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters. Patent No. 601,860, dated April 5, 1898.

Application filed December 1, 1896. Serial No. 614,046; (No model.) i

To all whom it moty concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SCHUETZ, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips for Drop-Light Wires, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to improvements in means for adjusting the height of electric drop-lights, and has for its objects, first, to provide a clip which canbe placed in position on the wires subsequently to the suspension of the lamp without detaching the wires, and, secondly, to insure at the same time a positive suspension of the lamp at any desired elevation.

Many devices have been constructed for the purpose of effecting the adjustment of electric drop-lights-such, for instance, that commonly termed a peanut and that made in the form of a ball provided with two parallel perforations. The former, while being applicable after the suspension of the lamp, is difficult to apply and has unguarded lateral openings, while the latter form cannot be applied without detaching the wires frorn the lamp and does not grip the wires sufiiciently hard to prevent a slight pull from lowering the lamp. To overcome these objectionable features, I provide a clip formed of three portions linked together, to wita central link or body and two outer open links hinged at separate points to said central link and by Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is an elevation on a smaller scale, showing the clip attached to the drop-wires of an electric lamp.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring tothe drawings, the letters A and B designate two outer open links, preferably made U -shaped and entirely or partly of any suitable non-conducting material, such as a hard or tough wood or rubber.

G is the central link, made likewise of nonconducting material, and to which the outer links A and B are pivoted by removable pins a and b, which maybe in the form of split pins, as shown in the drawings.

The central link 0 is provided with inclined or cam-shaped terminals 0 and c, which project beyond the connecting-pins a b and into the U-shaped openings of the outer links. Said terminals quite closely approach the closed ends of said outer links, or, if desired, they may be caused to pass the'same.

To apply the clip to the wires, the connecting-pins a b are withdrawn and the two outer links slipped over thewires and again connected to the central link by said pins, the relative position of the parts and the wires being then as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The weight of the lamp now tends to straighten .out the clip, and consequently the outer links and the central link codperate in wedging the wire between them. An inadvertent pull on the wires will only cause the grip to more firmly wedge the former. By subsequently turning the outer links by hand the wires can be drawn through the clip to adjust the position of the lamp.

It will be readily understood that with the present construction I am enabled to attach the clip without detaching the wires from the lamp, while at the same time the device is free from unguarded openings, and consequently the wires cannot become disengaged from the clip.

What I claim as new is- 1. A clip for adjusting the height of electri lamps, consisting of two recessed substanti ally U shaped links adapted for the passage of the wires, a central link having cam-shaped ends projecting into the recesses of said outer links, and removable pins passing through the outer links and central link and hinging I IOO lamps, consisting of tworecessed, substantially U-shaped links adapted for thepassage In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10 of the wires, a central link having its ends my invention Ihave signed my name, in presprojeetinginto the recesses of said outerlinks, ence of two witnesses, this 27th day of N0- and removable pins passing through the outer Vember, 1896. I

5 links and central link and hinging the former A v to the letter at different points, so as to per- CHARLES SGIIUE'lA mit said outer links to swing in line with the Witnesses:

longitudinal axis of the central link, substan- EUGENIE A. PERSIDES, tially as described. HENRY O. RODEMANN. 

